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INTROSPECTION IN HEAVENS
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 11:17. akbar asoka Chadragupta Deen yar Jung DODO gandhi INA Kasim Razvi Mao Nanda Nehru Nizam Patel Rahul Rajiv Samudragupta Shastri Stalin SubhashIn the center of a well furnished room in heavens a handsome person is sitting. He is in full army uniform with a side cap and is in tunic and wearing the rank of Japanese admiral. He is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose the most charismatic leader of Indian freedom struggle and Commander of India National Army (INA). He wears round glass spectacles and is neatly shaven. There are many letters lying on the table and a Japanese pistol is close by on the table. A slight knock is heard at the door.
Subhas. Please come in.
(A person walks in and wishes)
Visitor. Hello Mr Subhas. It is long since I met you. How are you?
Subhas. I am fine. How are you Mr Patel? But feel sad because I had to come here before I could achieve my mission. Damn it. The Japanese surrendered after Americans dropped the atom bomb on Japan. They still had power to continue to fight. In fact many Generals were not willing to surrender and wanted to continue fighting and see the end.
Patel. Yeah. But there is nothing in our hands. It is god’s will..................
Should Religions Try to Convert Others?
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Mon, 02/12/2007 - 14:58. akbar asoka constantine conversion fundamentalism intolerance proselytism SankaracharyaEditor's Note: This article offers a concise history of proselytism, showing the good the bad and the ugly of humanity's zealous efforts to lead one another to religious salvation. In the great Commons of Faith, proselytism treads ever so closely to the overgrazing that destroys the commons for all. Please read this article if you believe that coercing others to your religion will "save" them.
The aspect of conversions by various religions has always been controversial in the world. Hatred between certain societies in the world has been the outcome of this phenomenon. Inspite of modernity and dawn of scientific age and growth of scientific education in all corners of the world, the desire to spread the religions across various societies has not been eliminated and is being pursued with vigor too. Out of the important religions that are being practiced in the world today, Christianity and Islam are the active religious groups that are proselyte and are trying to expand their faith. Christianity from the beginning was a missionary religion and Islam did not lag behind either. Buddhism too is a missionary religion while Hinduism and Sikhism did not pursue this policy in vigor and remained passive. In fact Sikhism did not take up missionary activities. Most of the scholars claim that Hinduism has no missionary zeal although in ancient times Hindu princes invaded Malayan peninsula and established Hindu kingdoms.
